Commonwealth of Pennsylvania microbiologist Kerry Pollard performs a manual extraction of the coronavirus within the extraction laboratory at the Pennsylvania Department of Health Laboratory Office. Photo from the Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported seven new cases of COVID-19 in Center County on Saturday, bringing the county’s total to 277 since the first was reported on March 20.
Center County also had 175 new negative test results. A total of 6,365 patients in the county have tested negative for the virus.
In the past two weeks, Center County has added 53 new COVID-19 cases.
Statewide, the health department reported 763 new positives, pushing Pennsylvania’s total to 100,241.
A total of 912,486 patients in Pennsylvania tested negative, an increase of 12,574 from Friday. In the past seven days, 142,110 COVID-19 tests were administered in Pennsylvania with 5,552 positive results.
An estimated 76 percent of COVID-19 patients in the state, about 76,183, have recovered, according to a DOH calculation.
The health department also reported 15 new deaths attributed to the virus statewide, bringing the Pennsylvania total to 7,007. For Center County, the health department reported a total of nine deaths from COVID-19, the most recent on Thursday. The County Central Coroner’s Office only confirmed six, the most recent of which on May 27. Because the health department lists deaths by county of residence, a county resident may die in another part of the state.
Statewide, 699 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, and 87 required the use of a ventilator as of noon Saturday.
Among the state’s total cases, 97,388 are confirmed and 2,853 are probable. In Center County, 255 are confirmed and 22 are probable.
Center County cases by zip code are:
* Note: Specific numbers for zip codes with 1-4 cases are drawn up by the health department. New cases from Friday in brackets.
16801 (State College): 60 [+2] confirmed, 8 probable
16823 (Bellefonte): 50 confirmed, 5 probable
16803 (State College): 42 confirmed, 1-4 likely
16827 (Boalsburg): 14 confirmed
16841 (Howard): 14 confirmed [+1], 1-4 probable
16875 (Spring Mills): 11 confirmed, 1-4 likely
16870 (Port Matilda): 11 [+1] confirmed, 1-4 likely
16828 (Central Hall): 8 confirmed, 1-4 probable
16866 (Philipsburg): 9 confirmed [+2]
16853 (Milesburg): 6 confirmed
16820 (Aaronsburg), 16826 (Blanchard), 16829 (Clarence), 16832 (Coburn), 16844 (Julian), 16845 (Karthaus), 16851 (Lemont), 16852 (Madisonburg), 16854 (Millheim), 16856 (Mingoville), 16865 (Pennsylvania Furnace), 16868 (Pine Grove Mills), 16872 (Rebersburg), 16874 (Snow Show), and 16877 (Warrior’s Mark) each have 1-4 confirmed cases.
According to data from the health department, Centro County nursing homes added two new cases among employees, but patient case numbers remained unchanged. Three nursing homes in Center County have had a total of 25 resident cases and 18 employee cases.
Among the bordering counties of Center County, Huntingdon now has 267 [+1] total cases Blair has 129 [+3]Union has 110 [+1]Clinton is 103 [+2]Clearfield is 99 [+1]and Mifflin is 81 [+2].
